More skilled workers to be sent abroad

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs will accelerate
the sending of skilled workers abroad while consolidating such
traditional markets as Taiwan and Japan in 2014.

Nguyen Ngoc
Quynh, head of the Overseas Labour Management Department under the
MoLISA, made the statement in Hanoi on January 3.

The
Republic of Korea will resume receiving Vietnamese guest workers
following a special memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed recently
between the two countries within the framework of the RoK’s Employment
Permit System (EPS) programme, he said.

The MoU is valid for
one year starting from December 31, 2013, opening new opportunities for
nearly 16,000 labourers who registered or passed Korean language tests
during 2011 and 2012.

The RoK temporarily ceased its EPS
programme with Vietnam in 2012, reasoning that the number of
runaway Vietnamese workers who overstayed their visas to work illegally
in the country had steadily increased and shown no sign of improvement.

Statistics released by businesses show that 88,155 Vietnamese
labourers went abroad in 2013, 3,000 more than the set target.

Taiwan takes the lead with nearly 46,400 Vietnamese guest workers,
followed by Japan, Malaysia, the RoK, Laos, Cambodia, United Arab
Emirates and Saudi Arabia.-VNA